xv, 196 pages ; 23 cm

This volume contains the insights provided the 122 bishops in attendance at this historic and unprecedented conference by two doctors, two lawyers, and five theologians. It embraces subjects as old as abortion and contraception and as new as in vitro fertilization and the ovulation method of natural family planning. It reviews the new efforts to determine if human death has occurred even though vital signs are artificially maintained. And it explores the human and legal implications of withdrawing life-support technology and permitting death to occur

Includes bibliographical references and index

Dominion, bioethics, and pluralism / Albert S. Moraczewski -- The new technologies of birth / Thomas Hilgers -- Reverencing human life in its generation / William E. May -- Pro0life evangelization / Benedict M. Ashley -- Is abortion a private choice? / John T. Noonan -- Definition of death / Vincent J. Collins -- Definitions of death: current legal status / Dennis J. Horan -- Theological and pastoral implications of brain death / Thomas J. O'Donnell -- Introduction to prolonging life issues / Donald G. McCarthy -- Managing pain and prolonging life / Vincent J. Collins -- "Right to die" legislation: current legal status / Dennis J. Horan -- A Catholic historical perspective on prolonging life decisions / Thomas J. O'Donnell -- Ethical aspects of decision and consent in terminal illness / Thomas J. O'Donnell -- The "living will" / Thomas J. O'Donnell -- Theological and pastoral dimensions of prolonging life decisions / Donald G. McCarthy

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